Sunday, 12 April 2009

Tryo said it well: "plus on en fait, plus on en fait [...] moins on en fait, moins on en fait" (the more we do, the more we do [...], the less we do, the less we do). Momentum is great when it's in the direction you want to go, but when it's not, it's a pain to fight!

Back in November, I had to get surgery on my toe. Not a big deal except that I had to stop cycling, and climbing. My toe is doing alright now (I still have very sensitive scar tissue), but I've been finding it difficult to get back in my routine. I didn't realize how much I had missed climbing and biking, and how much stopping these activities made me less motivated to do a lot of other, unrelated things (like study Chinese). I also didn't expect how difficult it would be to start again...

Finally, this week, I decided it was time. For the past two evenings, I've been going to the climbing wall at the university (I'm so out of shape!) And I started studying Chinese again. It really helps that my roommate showed me this really cool coffee house (literally a house with tables in the living room and the bed rooms). So today, I decided to bike there to study some Chinese. I think I'll make this place my new work place: it's really cool, and they've got free wireless...

I don't want to speak too soon, but it sure feels good to be rolling again!

The Caf'e Ant & Cat's Livingroom at 西門街135號 is a little tricky to find...